What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Constituency vs Consistent - What's the difference?

constituency | consistent |

As nouns the difference between constituency and consistent

is that constituency is (british) a district represented by one or more elected officials while consistent is (in the plural|rare) objects or facts that are coexistent, or in agreement with one another.

As an adjective consistent is

of a regularly occurring, dependable nature.

constituency

English

(wikipedia constituency)

Noun

(constituencies)
  • (British) A district represented by one or more elected officials.
    • John was elected to parliament from the Bedford constituency .
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=December 14 , author=Angelique Chrisafis , title=Rachida Dati accuses French PM of sexism and elitism , work=Guardian citation , page= , passage=The row started over who will run for parliament in a wealthy rightwing constituency on the left bank in Paris, a safe seat for Sarkozy's ruling UMP. Dati is already a local mayor in the neighbourhood, a job felt to have been handed to her on a plate when she was a Sarkozy favourite. She has since fallen from grace, and when she left government she took a European parliament seat, considered a consolation prize.}}
  • The voters within such a district.
  • An interest group or fan base.

    • Synonyms

    * (district) electoral district, riding (Canada) * (people) electorate

    Related terms

    * constitute * constituent * constitution * constitutional * constitutive

    See also

    consistent

    English

    (consistency)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of a regularly occurring, dependable nature.
    • The consistent use of Chinglish in China can be very annoying, apart from some initial amusement.
    He is very consistent in his political choices: economy good or bad, he always votes Labour!
  • Compatible, accordant.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-01
    • , author=Steven Sloman , title=The Battle Between Intuition and Deliberation , volume=100, issue=1, page=74 , magazine= citation , passage=Libertarian paternalism is the view that, because the way options are presented to citizens affects what they choose, society should present options in a way that “nudges” our intuitive selves to make choices that are more consistent with what our more deliberative selves would have chosen if they were in control.}}
  • (logic) Of a set of statements, such that no contradiction logically follows from them.

    • Antonyms

    * inconsistent * contradictory

    Related terms

    * consist * consistence * consistency * inconsistent

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (in the plural, rare) Objects or facts that are coexistent, or in agreement with one another.
  • * 1662 Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (Dialogue 2):
    • The Diurnal motion of the primum mobile, is it not from East to West? And the annual motion of the Sun through the Ecliptick, is it not on the contrary from West to East? How then can you make these motions being conferred on the Earth ... to become consistents ?
  • In the history of the Eastern Orthodox Church, a kind of penitent who was allowed to assist at prayers, but could not be admitted to receive the holy sacrament.
  • * 1885 Catholic Dictionary 651
    • The consistentes stand together with the faithful, and do not go out with the catechumens.

    References

    * * Catholic Dictionary (1885) * Ephraim Chambers, Cyclopaedia - Supplement (1753) ----